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Many of the most important pesticides work to kill insects and other creatures that can interfere with successful farming. But it is not just weevils and bugs that can limit a harvest's yield, in many places fungi can be an even greater danger.
Fungal diseases are one of the most significant problems for rice farmers. Although rice is grown in nearly every country that has a climate to support it, rice production and its potential diseases are most important in Southeast Asia. Asia is the world's largest rice producer by far, growing about 90 percent of the world's rice, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations' Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific.
This heavy reliance on rice production, both by the world on Asia and by Asia on this crop, underscores the importance of pesticides that can help tackle the fungal diseases that disrupt a normally successful harvest. The chemical thifluzamide has been found to be a successful fungicide with great uses for rice farming, and has become popular through Japan and Southeast Asia. Thifluzamide is also known as 2, 6-dibromo-4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]-2-methyl-4-(trifluoromethyl)-5-thiazolecarboxamide or Thifluzamid Pulsar.
Although many people involved with pesticides, fungicides and chemical production may have heard of thifluzamide, there are a number details about this fungus killer that people may be unaware of.
Where did it come from?
A while ago, thifluzamide was found to be an effective chemical compound against rice fungal diseases, but its low dispersal rate made it suboptimal for large scale farming operations. However, before being produced by Dow AgroSciences, Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. and other Chinese manufacturers, Pennsylvania company Rohm and Hass patented a new use of the chemical for more effective fungicidal purposes.
Thifluzamide had a fairly low dispersal rate at moist rice farms because it did not travel through water well. The Rohm and Hass scientists patented a technique that altered the chemicals' crystalline structure to both make it more effective at eliminating fungi and efficient at traveling through water. These patents from the late 1990s outlined the process of creating the thifluzamide pesticide as well as the invention of the new thifluzamide compound with the altered structure.
However, both patents expired in the mid-2000s after failure to pay fees. In 2001, Rutgers University's IR-4 Project listed thifluzamide as an older crop chemical with new uses to fight fungus on rice and peanuts. It also can be used on potatoes, coffee, cotton and turf.
The effective fungicide's prominence may continue to expand as more countries get involved with its production and use.
Safe use
Like many chemical compounds, thifluzamide has an enormous upside for commercial farming, as well as a number of safety concerns when used in a lab setting. This underscores the importance of proper handling and safety protocols.
Caution should be used with thifluzamide and carbon oxides, sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides as well as hydrogen fluoride or bromide gas, online lab advice site Guidechem recommended. Indigestion, inhalation, and eye or skin contact can cause damage or irritation. Contact lenses should not be worn when working with thifluzamide and firefighters should wear a breathing apparatus if there is a fire involving the chemical. Thifluzamide is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents and usually looks like a white or brown powder.
Scientists should wear gloves, eye equipment and proper body protection while handling thifluzamide. Although respiration protection is not necessary, it is a smart option in certain circumstances where dust is kicked up.
Thifluzamide can be very detrimental to the environment and water-based ecosystems. It is marked as "Environmentally Dangerous" during shipping. Farmers and chemists should be aware of these potential environmental dangers and make an extra effort to use thifluzamide correctly and safely to avoid pollution.
Thifluzamide is a powerful and effective fungicide. When used safely and correctly it can be effective on rice and other crops because of improved water dispersal techniques.
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